Construction crews pour cement for the sidewalks alongside Swan Lake Road in Bossier City. The project, which is widening Swan Lake Road into a five-lane highway, is nearly finished.

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Six years of construction on Swan Lake Road in Bossier City is coming to an end.

The $15 million effort to widen the street should conclude ahead of schedule as work crews lay down striping and finish sidewalks, according to Bossier City engineer Mark Hudson. The late addition of a southbound turn lane onto Interstate 20 could tack on three months to the project, but will be the final piece.

The Swan Lake Road project, which has transformed the two-lane strip into a five-lane highway, has always been viewed as a potential relief valve for the traffic concerns of Airline Drive and Benton Road. It ...